Effects of nitrogen addition and increased precipitation on xylem growth of Quercus acutissima Caruth. in central China.

Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition and increasing precipitation affect carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems, but how these two concurrent global change variables affect xylem growth in trees (i.e., independently or interactively) remains unclear.

Development and characterization of microsatellite loci for (Lauraceae).

Premise Of The Study: Microsatellite primers were developed to investigate population genetic structure in (Lauraceae).

Methods And Results: Twenty-five microsatellite primers were developed and optimized for using Illumina's Solexa sequencing technology. These novel primers were found to be polymorphic in nine wild populations with 81 total alleles confirmed and genotyped via capillary gel electrophoresis.

Transcriptome analysis of distinct Lindera glauca tissues revealed the differences in the unigenes related to terpenoid biosynthesis.

The Lindera glauca, an economically and ecologically important tree species, has emerged as a novel potential plant for the intensive studies of essential oil owing to its characteristic aroma and medicinal property in distinct tissues. However, the transcriptome information and molecular research on this species is still unknown to date. To reveal the formation and accumulation mechanism of essential oil in distinct L.